Texas Guinan: Royal Fibbing

Oh those days when TEXAS GUINAN offered world-class whoopee at Salon Royal (310 West 58th Street) until the dry agent showed up. Things got slower than a Sloe Gin Fizz — — except for the fibs, artfully blended with bitters.
• • "Never Worked with Bar, Declares Texas Guinan" • •
• • NEW YORK, August 2nd — —The following telegram was sent by Texas Guinan to the editor of the New York American:
• • Dear Sir: I regret exceedingly that your paper, usually so well informed, printed the story about a bar at Salon Royal, where I work, having been padlocked. I feel that you will (in justice to myself) gladly correct the erroneous statement as I have never in my life worked in a night club associated with a bar and there is no bar at the Club Royal where I am employed as hostess nor has there been a padlock [sic].
• • Sincerely,  TEXAS GUINAN

• • Source: Wire Services reportage rpt by Reading Times (Reading, Pennsylvania); published on Friday, 3 August 1928
• • Note: Plymouth Sloe Gin is based on an 1883 recipe, and has since become an important part in various classic cocktails, notably the Sloe Gin Fizz. Salut!
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• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Texas Guinan is in some scenes, too. Watch a scene on YouTube.
• • Website for all things Mae West — http://MaeWest.blogspot.com 

• • Exciting Texas Guinan news is on the horizon. More anon.
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• • Photo: Texas Guinan • • in 1927 • •
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